Pilgrims pass through Frenchtown on their way to Doylestown Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa

FRENCHTOWN -- Hundreds of Polish Catholics walked through Frenchtown mid afternoon on Saturday, Aug. 13 on their 24th annual four-day pilgrimage from Great Meadows in Warren County to the shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown, Pa.

The annual pilgrimage is modeled after a centuries-old tradition in Europe, in which people walk for hundreds of miles to Czestochowa in Poland, where they complete the journey on their knees.

The present-day pilgrimage, including many priests and religious sisters, and parents pushing baby strollers or carrying small children, began at Ss. Peter and Paul Church in Great Meadows on Thursday, Aug. 11. It concluded on Sunday with Mass at the shrine.